pet
Example Sentences
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Brazil has the world's third largest pet population, with 160 million animal companions, according to data from the Pet Brasil Institute.
From Barron's
Danny had asked Pili if they could get a hamster as a pet, and she said, “One day, when we have our own home.”
From Literature
There was a rabbit in a cage in the room, but we couldn’t pet it until it was time.
From Literature
These are the new version of high scores, in a multibillion-dollar industry that started with one student’s pet project.
Her nagging conscience slips into offhand conversation: “I should probably be vegan,” Askell, an animal lover too busy for a pet, says when chatting in an office elevator.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
